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The confidence tag expresses how well-supported the content is, or how likely its overall ideas are right. This uses a scale from "impossible" to "certain", based on the Kesselman List of Estimative Words: 1. "certain" 2. "highly likely" 3. "likely" 4. "possible" 5. "unlikely" 6. "highly unlikely" 7. "remote" 8. "impossible" Even ideas that seem unlikely may be worth exploring if their potential impact is significant enough.
The importance rating distinguishes between trivial topics and those which might change your life. Using a scale from 0-10, content is ranked based on its potential impact on: - the reader - the intended audience - the world at large For example, topics about fundamental research or transformative technologies would rank 9-10, while personal reflections or minor experiments might rank 0-1.
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how I avoid deprecated urls with magic urls, which automatically redirect to the latest version of a page
how I set up automated archiving of URLs using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and other tools
a list of all the youtubers I have watched at various points in my life, categorized by content niche
a list of textbooks, workbooks, and some notes on the math you ought to know
Implementation details of large file storage solutions for the website
a list of wishlists, goodreads profiles, and other reading lists I have found snooping around the internet
Who am I online & what have I done? Contact information; sites I use; computers and software tools; things I’ve worked on; psychological profiles
Meta page describing krisyotam.com site ideals of stable long-term essays which improve over time; idea sources and writing methodology; metadata definitions; copyright license.
rumours, comedies, tragedies, in no particular order